Opera in cinemas next season

The Metropolitan Opera 2009-10 Season. The Met: Live in HD series will present nine live transmissions in its fourth season. Tickets for the 2009-10 series will go on sale in September; Met members will have ticket priority before tickets are made available to the general public.

The schedule is as follows:

Tosca, October 10 – Levine; Mattila, M. Álvarez, Uusitalo, Plishka

Aida, October 24 – Gatti; Urmana, Zajick, Botha, Guelfi, Scandiuzzi, Kocán

Turandot, November 7 – Nelsons; Guleghina, Poplavskaya, Giordani, Ramey

Les Contes d’Hoffmann, December 19 – Levine; Kim, Netrebko, Gubanova, Garanča, Villazón, Pape

Der Rosenkavalier, January 9 – Levine; Fleming, Graham, Schäfer, Cutler, Allen, Sigmundsson

Carmen, January 16 – Nézet-Séguin; Frittoli, Gheorghiu, Alagna, Kwiecien

Simon Boccanegra, February 6 – Levine; Pieczonka, Giordani, Domingo, Morris

Hamlet, March 27 – Langrée; Dessay, Larmore, Spence, Keenlyside, Morris

Armida, May 1 – Frizza; Fleming, Brownlee, Ford, Zapata, Banks, van Rensburg

Put me down as definite for Cavaradossi, and Hoffmann, a definite maybe for Carmen (if it were Kaufmann rather than Alagna I' d be a definite for Don José.

And even though I am barely 41, that looks like my 42nd birthday sorted with that opera where the baritone is the star, Simon Boccanegra.

Oh, and if you follow the link there's other stuff going on, too, some of which will be broadcast. The Boheme cast looks good. Shame about the opera.